Panthers Near End Of Court Season In Tight Schedule
High Point College Panthers chasing better than even record with six games left. Coach Jack Boylin leads a varsity squad facing Wake Forest Atlantic Christian College Charlotte Y Richmond Blues and final Wake Forest rematch on the Y court.
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Focal
Theichmond Blues
Richmond
Saturay
Richmond Blues
Shere
British Champion Included In Field For Walker Cup
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club named 21 players to form a provisional pool for Britain’s Walker Cup team to face the United States. Top figure Robert Harris 43 leads alongside former champions Sir Ernest Holdenness Cyril Tolley and Roger Wethered. A four-man committee will select eight competitors for the June match. The squad emphasizes practice and current form with emphasis on putting as a key scoring factor.
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London
Royal and Ancient Golf Club
Great Britain
Robert Harris
United States
Harris
Ernest Holderness
Cyril Tolley
Roger Wethered
J. B. Beck
T. F. Ellison
Ronald H. Hardman
R. W. Hartley
E. N. Layton
W. W. Mackenzie
Goofrey MacCullum
J. G. Simpson
John W. Wilson
H. H. Hilton
Bernard Darwin
W. A. Murray
Tolley
Pioneers Discuss Loyalty and Hike Prize Winners
The Cloverdale Pioneers met at the YMCA for a session featuring a Luke reading and loyalty discussion led by Reitzel Coltrane. Howard Culler was named happiest hiker and Raymond Jones best cook. Elbert Culler's Panthers topped the hike standings in a new basketball league. New members Wilson Erwin Winford Brown Colbert Davis Woodrow Blair Williard Hinshaw Reitzel Molden to be initiated next meeting.
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Reitzel Coltrane
Howard Culler
Raymond Jones
Elbert Culler
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Pioneers
Wilson Erwin
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Colbert Davis
Woodrow Blair
Williard Hinshaw
Reitzel Molden
L. Pet. Poachers
High Point Panthers Set to Face Richmond Blues in Big Home Game
The High Point College Panthers prepare for a pivotal February 20 home clash with the Richmond Blues after a February meeting in Virginia that Richmond papers called the bitterest race duel in years. The Panthers seek to even the series on their home floor before a large season crowd.
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Richmond
Fetzer Honored by UNC Faculty Amid Resignation
The UNC faculty on athletics adopted resolutions praising William McKinley Fetzer for his service as coach and accepted his resignation. Fetzer, living on a Brevard farm and in real estate, replied that he remains an alumnus at heart and will always cherish Carolina.
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University of North Carolina
William McKinley Fetzer
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Brevard
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A. W. Hobbs
Carolina
Bill Fetzer, Jr
HAT HEATED BASKETBALL BATTLE IN RICHMOND ENDS WITH OVERTIMES
In Virginia's capital a tense game between the Blues and Panthers stretched into three overtimes before the Blues finally prevailed. The teams traded leads three times and the outcome remains in doubt as both squads prepare to meet again with renewed resolve to write a new tale.
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Panthers Poised for Baseball Honors at High Point College
Warm sun brought a light workout as the Panthers plan early practice. Coach Boylin is expected to assemble a hustling squad for the coming season, though specifics on material remain unknown.
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Old Sol
Boylin
High Point College
Championship Tourney Opens With Wentworth Hosting
The state high school basketball championship elimination tourney opens Saturday with Wentworth at home. Marlette’s team should easily dispatch its first foe, but the real test comes when local squad Leaksville appears, noted for a smooth rotating lineup.
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Wentworth
Marlette
Leaksvillé
Miss Helen Wills Dominates Carlton Club Match
In Cannes on February 12 AP reports Miss Helen Wills defeated Mrs. O'Neil of England 6-0 6-0 despite three days of rain. The win advances Wills in the Carlton club tournament.
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Helen Wills
Carlton
O'Neil
England
Indian Batteries 10 Training Camp
Pitchers and catchers of the Cleveland baseball club head to Hot Springs Arkansas then join spring training in Lakeland Florida March 1. Eight pitchers two catchers and Coach Smutter Matthews leave from home. three more pitchers and Coach Jack McCallister join them there. George Uhle Luke Sewell and Frank McCrea are excused from Hot Springs trip.
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Cleveland Baseball Club
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Lakeland
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Smutter Matthews
Jack McCallister
George Uhle
Luke Sewell
Frank McCrea
No Monopoly of the Right To Tennis Picture
Suzanne Lenglen voices opposition to restricting motion pictures of the tennis tournament. She argues camermen should be admitted and tennis not treated as a commercial sport, aligning with amateur players’ stance against a monopoly. Her remark may influence organizers to withdraw from a prior promise to an American film agent.
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Cannes
Suzanne
Lenglen
Helen Wills
Mile
Broke Pole Vault Record by Hoff in Indoor Meets
Charley Hoff of Norway broke the world's indoor pole vault record three times without touching the bar. He raised the mark an inch at the Millrose meet in New York, then a half inch in Boston, and finally 13 feet 2 inches in Brooklyn. Since no other vaulters competed, the latest mark cannot stand as a record.
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Charley Hoff
Norway
Boston
Brooklyn
Rommel Aims for 30 Wins After 21 Victory Season
Mack's pitching ace Ed Rommel, one of four 20 game winners in the American League last season with 21 wins, views his 1925 showing as a disappointment. He tried for 30 victories but endured a month long slump blamed on overwork as a pinch pitcher. He asks Mack to limit relief duties, believing he can top 21 again this year.
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Rommel
Mack
Mackmen
High Point Cagers to Battle Lexington High Tonight
High Point High School cagers face Lexington High in a regular season finale before opening the state championship tournament tomorrow night against Wentworth. Coach Marlette expects a tough showdown with Wentworth, while Group One includes Mebane Haw River Burlington Greensboro High Point Reidsville Leaksville and Wentworth. The Highs aim to win the opening state clash and advance as groups reduce to a state champion through elimination.
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Business men form rival spring volleyball loop at the Y
More than 40 business and professional men joined a spring volleyball league at the Y M C A with Friday games from 5 20 to 6 20 pm. Teams include Drivers Sockems Spikers and Cockers. Captains John Raper Lt R Johnston C M Waynick Britt Armfield and W Raper lead squads as veterans drive play and the Senior and Junior Y divisions hold elimination tournaments for a championship.
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Bailey
Able
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Britt Armfield
W. Raper
Hayworth
Turner
Callahan
Saunders
Caldwell
Clayton
Tucker
Renfrew
Fiddler
Tom Rich Enters Florida Real Estate Field
Tom Rich formerly manager of the Sheraton hotel is now in Florida selling land and developing property. He has joined the local ranks in Orlando, and High Point visitors to the area may expect to be greeted by him as he pursues real estate ventures.
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Tom Rich
Sheraton Hotel
Florida
Tom
High Point
Orlando
Fla
Rum Run Chief Roy Olmstead Under Arrest in West Coast Syndicate
Five years after resigning as Seattle police lieutenant Roy Olmstead built a radio station and his wife read Aunt Vivian bedtime stories nightly. Now jailed as head of the west coast rum running ring, agents say the stories concealed messages for smugglers.
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Roy Olmstead
Seattle
Wash
Vivian
West Coast
Barnes Sold to Buffalo in International League Deal
Pittsburg reports Everett D. Barnes first baseman sold outright by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Buffalo International League club. Barnes, a former Colgate University player, spent last season with Chattanooga of the Southern League and makes his home in Brooklyn.
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Pittsburgh
Everett D. Barnes
Buffalo
Boxing results from Yorks meeting include 10 round clash
In a card from Youngstown Ohio co sailor Freedman representing Chicago beat Joe Simonich of Butte. London lightweight champion Harry Mason of Leeds defeated Ernie Rice on a foul in a European title bout.
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Leeds
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